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020			_a9780674660205 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aMH/DLC _beng _cMH _erda _dDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aP107 _b.T39 2016
082	0	0	_a401 _223
100	1		_aTaylor, Charles, _d1931- _eauthor. _927679
245	1	4	_aThe language animal : _bthe full shape of the human linguistic capacity / _cCharles Taylor.
260			_aCambridge _bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press _c2016
300			_ax, 352 pages ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"In this book, Charles Taylor explains linguistic holism to people who believe language needs to be thought of as bits of information. According to one influential view of language, one that originated with Hobbes, Locke, and Condillac, language serves to encode information and to communicate it. This theory has been rendered more sophisticated over the last two centuries, but it still gives a central place to the encoding of information. The thesis of Taylor's new book is that this view neglects crucial features of our language capacity. Sometimes language serves not just to encode information, but also shapes what it purports to describe. This language is more than merely 'descriptive;' it plays a 'constitutive' role."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPhilosophy. _927680
650		0	_aLinguistics _xPhilosophy. _915248
650		0	_aCognition. _92049
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942			_2lcc _cMONOGRAPH
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